#B281BB#B281BB

#B281BB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.100 H 321.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B281BB
RGB	rgb(178, 129, 187)
HSL	hsl(291, 30%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(291, 31%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 31%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.56, 28.97, -23.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.56, 37.00, 321.54°)
OKLab	oklab(67.15% 0.0778 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(67.15% 0.1 321.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.1789, 28.7543, 50.7011)
Luminance	0.2875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B281BB #8ABB81

analogous

#9581BB #B281BB #BB81A7

triadic

#B281BB #BBB281 #81BBB2

tetradic

#B281BB #BB9581 #8ABB81 #81A7BB

square

#B281BB #BB9581 #8ABB81 #81A7BB

split-complementary

#B281BB #A7BB81 #81BB95

monochromatic

#75447E #9A59A5 #B281BB #CAA9D0 #E3D0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#B281BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#B281BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B281BB

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B281BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B281BB	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8FBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8694B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B38796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b281bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 129, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.100 321.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa6cf',
    500: '#b281bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b281bb;
$custom-light: #caa6cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b281bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.69,
    "s": 29.897,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67151,
    "c": 0.09985,
    "h": 321.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B281BB

secondary

#C5D7C1

accent

#A93D4E

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F9

border

#D1CED2

text

#130F14

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B281BB

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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